Synonyms of distressed

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adjective

1

as in troubled

Related Words

• troubled
• perturbed
• agitated
• disturbed
• unsettled
• restless
• upset
• restive
• worried
• unrestful
• anxious
• uneasy
• nervous
• fidgety
• jittery
• unquiet
• uptight
• jumpy
• edgy
• tense
• dithery
• nervy
• het up
• aflutter
• hung up

Dissimilar Words

• calm
• easy
• quiet
• peaceful
• restful
• tranquil
• relaxing

2

as in depressed

Related Words

• depressed
• pinched
• straitened
• reduced
• ruined
• hardscrabble
• hand-to-mouth
• poorish
• bankrupt
• insolvent
• deprived
• disadvantaged
• tapped out
• short
• cash-strapped
• possessionless
• dispossessed
• underprivileged
• impoverished
• bust
• needy
• poor
• penniless
• destitute
• indigent
• low
• famished
• bankrupted
• down-and-out
• impecunious
• penurious
• beggarly
• threadbare
• needful
• broke
• pauperized
• poverty-stricken
• necessitous
• unaffluent
• dirt-poor
• skint
• beggared
• hard up

Dissimilar Words

• rich
• affluent
• wealthy
• opulent
• fat
• moneyed
• well-to-do
• flush
• comfortable
• well-off
• silk-stocking
• prosperous
• well-heeled
• fat-cat
• deep-pocketed

distressed

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verb

past tense of distress

as in alarmed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

don't let all the bad news distress you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alarmed
• disturbed
• distracted
• worried
• bothered
• concerned
• agitated
• angered
• unsettled
• upset
• annoyed
• dismayed
• haunted
• perturbed
• disquieted
• plagued
• discomforted
• irritated
• frazzled
• unhinged
• confused
• discomposed
• distempered
• derailed
• flurried
• exercised
• ailed
• embarrassed
• rattled
• weirded out
• exasperated
• freaked (out)
• fussed
• harassed
• aggravated
• bugged
• undid
• vexed
• irked
• discouraged
• harried
• peeved
• hagrode
• flustered
• nettled
• pestered
• riled
• disconcerted
• fretted
• chafed
• mortified
• galled
• bedeviled
• put off
• piqued
• disheartened
• nonplussed
• put out
• discomfited
• dispirited
• confounded
• grated
• unnerved
• demoralized
• abashed
• jarred
• chivied
• discountenanced
• got
• shook up
• daunted
• fazed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothed
• composed
• calmed
• settled
• quieted
• alleviated
• allayed
• assuaged
• tranquilized
• appeased
• pacified
• mollified
• placated
• propitiated
• conciliated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of distressed

Adjective

For The Times) Lucchesi said the project is expected to be a financial boon for Dunsmuir, an economically distressed town of about 1,400 people that officially markets itself as California’s City of Waterfalls. — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

María Eugenia Pardo, a resident of Wellington in Palm Beach County, said she is devastated by the tragedy and distressed because her cousin, his wife, their two daughters and his mother-in-law are missing in La Guaira. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Verb

Her complexion ashen, the 40-year-old Mann appeared drained and distressed on her fifth consecutive day on the stand and second day of being cross-examined by Teny Geragos. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026

Companies in this cohort are less likely to be distressed compared to their peers in the first quintile – that is, firms offering the highest dividend yield. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026